diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index 6c9bdb70c4..33f88c3520 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build expat-host
 $SCRIPTS/build sqlite
 $SCRIPTS/build expat
 $SCRIPTS/build openssl
@@ -13,13 +14,13 @@ PY_DISABLED_MODULES="readline _curses _curses_panel _tkinter nis gdbm bsddb _cod
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
-mkdir -p .objdir-host
-cd .objdir-host
+mkdir -p .objdir-host && cd .objdir-host
 
 setup_toolchain host
 
 OPT="$HOST_CFLAGS" \
 ../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+             --enable-shared \
              --without-cxx-main \
              --with-threads \
              --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ cp python ./hostpython
 
 cd ..
 
-mkdir -p .objdir-target
-cd .objdir-target
+mkdir -p .objdir-target && cd .objdir-target
 
 setup_toolchain target
 
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/015-python-2.6.6-no-static-lib.diff b/packages/lang/Python/patches/015-python-2.6.6-no-static-lib.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e605dc1fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/015-python-2.6.6-no-static-lib.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.6.6/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.6.6.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.6.6/Makefile.pre.in	2010-10-19 22:20:12.198769633 +0200
++++ Python-2.6.6.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2010-10-19 22:22:07.534168230 +0200
+@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ # Build the interpreter
+-$(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY)
++$(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LDLIBRARY)
+ 		$(LINKCC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ \
+ 			Modules/python.o \
+ 			$(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
+@@ -400,18 +400,6 @@
+ 	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+ 	esac
+ 
+-# Build static library
+-# avoid long command lines, same as LIBRARY_OBJS
+-$(LIBRARY): $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
+-	-rm -f $@
+-	$(AR) cr $@ Modules/getbuildinfo.o
+-	$(AR) cr $@ $(PARSER_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) cr $@ $(OBJECT_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) cr $@ $(PYTHON_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) cr $@ $(MODULE_OBJS) $(SIGNAL_OBJS)
+-	$(AR) cr $@ $(MODOBJS)
+-	$(RANLIB) $@
+-
+ libpython$(VERSION).so: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
+ 	if test $(INSTSONAME) != $(LDLIBRARY); then \
+ 		$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
+@@ -947,18 +935,6 @@
+ 		else	true; \
+ 		fi; \
+ 	done
+-	@if test -d $(LIBRARY); then :; else \
+-		if test "$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)" = no-framework; then \
+-			if test "$(SO)" = .dll; then \
+-				$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LDLIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL) ; \
+-			else \
+-				$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/$(LIBRARY) ; \
+-				$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/$(LIBRARY) ; \
+-			fi; \
+-		else \
+-			echo Skip install of $(LIBRARY) - use make frameworkinstall; \
+-		fi; \
+-	fi
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) Modules/config.c $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/config.c
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) Modules/python.o $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/python.o
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/config.c.in $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/config.c.in